The unique geochemistry of tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, and iodine deficiency disorders. This book presents an introduction to the discipline of Medical Geology. more...

Retired Toronto detective Charlie McKelvey's tedious life is torn wide open when a friend enlists his help locating a recent Bosnian immigrant who has disappeared. When a woman's body turns up in Tim Fielding's apartment and Fielding is nowhere to be found, McKelvey finds himself a prime suspect in a murder investigation. more...

Charlie McKelvey goes to his northern hometown to find that the big city isn't the only place with big problems. This book holds a magnifying glass to the decline of rural life, the scourge of meth, and what happens when an entire town loses faith. more...

Detective Charlie McKelvey's life has been stuck on pause since the murder of his runaway son. As his wife focuses on healing, McKelvey is burdened with guilt for kicking the teen out of the family home?and his inability to resolve the case. Obsessed with the stalled murder investigation, McKelvey's behavior becomes increasingly unhinged. more...

1217: England has been invaded. Much of the country is in the iron grip of Louis of France and his collaborators, and civil war rages as the forces of the boy king try to fight off the French. Most of this means nothing to Edwin Weaver, son of the bailiff of Conisbrough Castle in Yorkshire, until he is suddenly thrust into the noble world of politics... more...

Our Father is an accessible but theologically astute book, employing sound biblical scholarship, systematic theological reflection, and socio-cultural assessments which aid understanding of the profound implications for our time in history and of the sixty-seven words that comprise the Lord?s Prayer. more...

The Theory and Practice of Biological Control covers conventional biological control achievement in the major crop types and in public health problems. Composed of five sections encompassing 28 chapters, this book discusses the basic information concerning developments in other biologically based alternatives to chemical pesticides. The first two... more...

National Institutes of Health Lectures in Biomedical Sciences: Current Topics in Biochemistry is based on a series of lectures dealing with current topics in biochemistry and more biologically or medically oriented topics. These lectures were organized for the benefit of young physicians who had just finished their clinical training but were several... more...

Current Topics in Biochemistry 1973 is based on a series of lectures held at the National Institutes of Health dealing with biochemistry. This group of lectures is the most recent in a program, which was established in the mid-1960s, to review various research fields for the scientific community at the Institutes. The topics for these series were chosen... more...